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Brian S. North represents various public and private companies, private funds and investors in a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including business combinations, divestitures, joint ventures, public and private offerings.Learn more about his experience.

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Marnie George recently joined our Regulatory and Government Relations team in Tallahassee, FL. Marnie is a government affairs professional with more than 25 years of experience in Florida, including lobbying the Florida legislature.
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Daniel C. Garfinkel

Daniel C. Garfinkel’s practice encompasses a variety of commercial litigation matters. Handling litigation matters in both state and federal court, he has represented commercial clients through all stages of the litigation process. Daniel focuses much of his practice on matters relating to energy and natural resources, representing coal companies and oil and gas exploration and production companies in litigation matters throughout the United States. He also has experience representing municipalities in a variety of matters ranging from contract negotiation to litigation.

Daniel has been selected for inclusion in the PennsylvaniaSuper Lawyers® Rising Stars list consecutively since 2011 to present.

Some of Daniel's representative experience includes:

Obtained five emergency injunctions for a Fortune 200 oil and gas company by successfully arguing that the client’s right to operate upon the properties for oil and gas necessarily includes the right to explore for that same oil and gas via seismic testing.

Represented national coal mining companies in several injunction actions to enforce mining rights.

Defended oil and gas exploration and development rights in courts throughout Western Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Buchanan, Daniel was an associate in the Pittsburgh office of an international law firm, where he worked on a variety of complex litigation matters in both state and federal court.

While attending law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Case Western Reserve University Law Review. He also worked as an extern to the Honorable Ann Aldrich of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.